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# senator

«senator» in Mova's school dictionary: **a member of a senate, a group of people who make laws in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a senator, senators)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A senator is a member of a senate, a group of people who make laws in some countries, like the USA, Canada, Australia and Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#m1)

2) In ancient Rome, a senator was a member of the Roman Senate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and history: US senators, Australian senators, Roman senators. Phrases: «Senator Smith», «elected senator», «state senator».

### examples

- The senator voted for the new law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x1)
- Each US state has two senators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x2)
- Senators in ancient Rome wore togas with a purple stripe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x3)
- The class wrote a letter to their senator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x4)
- Australia has 76 senators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x5)
- Senator Jones visited our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x6)
- And the senators knew that their greed had been their ruin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/#x7)

### note

Capitalised before a name: Senator Brown. There are 50 US states with 2 senators each, so 50 × 2 = 100 senators.

### In the corpora

- [Then the general Julius Caesar grew so powerful that senators killed him, and his adopted son Augustus became the first emperor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «senator» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senator/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.